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INDIA, ORISSA, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
Details
**An ivory figure of Garuda
India, Orissa, circa 16th century
Expressively carved kneeling with his hands clasped before him in adoration, his wings with finely delineated feathers, wearing a dhoti, collar, circular earrings and a tiara, the ivory with a honey-colored patina
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
India, Orissa, circa 16th century
Expressively carved kneeling with his hands clasped before him in adoration, his wings with finely delineated feathers, wearing a dhoti, collar, circular earrings and a tiara, the ivory with a honey-colored patina
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 28 October 1991, lot 172
Special notice
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